A 31-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for the attempted murder of his friend who allegedly spoke ill of him to his girlfriend. 

According to Hongseong Police in the South Chungcheong Province, the man is being accused of carrying a weapon to his friend’s house and stabbing the latter in the abdomen and hand. 


The man testified that he had suspected the friend to have spoken ill of him to his girlfriend and that had resulted in a fight which escalated to the stabbings. 

The police plan to request an arrest warrant for the man.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalm@heraldcorp.com)